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’Red Ted’. The Life of E.G. Theodore
Fitzgerald, Ross
ISBN: 0702226491
Univ. of Queensland Press St Lucia 1994 First Edition
8vo Trade Paperback xxiv,447pp. Plates. Near Fine
Price: $25.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 26205 Bookseller: Global Village Books
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1901; Australian Life at Federation: An Illustrated Chronicle
Cremin, Aedeen -- Editor
ISBN: 0868404837
University of New South Wales press Ltd Sydney 2001 First Edition
Folio - up to 15" tall Hard Cover 1.060 kg.; X, 166 pages, the last two pages blank, Editors, Authors and Contributors, preface by editor, further reading, additional information, sources of illustrations, photograph credits, sources of quotations and index. The text is copiously illustrated with colour and black-and-white photographs, colour and black-and-white illustrations (including reproductions of paintings and drawings etc.], maps and line illustrations. Black coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. A hint of rubbing to the book corners. Photographic dustwrapper with white and yellow titles to the front panel and backstrip. A little crinkling to the dustwrapper edges. An illustrated history of what it was like to be in Australia in the year 1901. The book not only goes into the political and the economic environment but more importantly into the everyday life of people at the time of Federation. A book that celebrates 100 years of Federation. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. ***** PLEASE NOTE: This book weighs more than 1 kg [ 2.2 lbs ] packed, and extra postage will be requested for delivery outside of Australia. History -- Australia Very Good
Price: $20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0107971 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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1984 Orwell lectures; Victorian Fabian Society pamphlet 42, Orwell and technology, Orwell, literature and language, & Orwell, politics and international Relations
Jones, Barry & Matthews, Brian & Teichmann, Max
ISBN: 0-909953-23-6
Australian Fabian Society Melbourne 1984 First Edition
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Stapled Card 42 pages, wrapper illustrated by Vane Lindesay. The three lectures view Orwell and his works from differing vantage point and discuss many facets of his works, but none challenge his view of himself as a democratic socialist. Politics Good
Price: $14.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0210366 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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20 Years Hard Labor
Haylen, Leslie
Macmillan Melbourne 1969 First Edition
8vo Hard Cover 212pp, Federal Labor member's memoir. Vg in dj. Very Good
Price: $15.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 28002 Bookseller: Global Village Books
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A Bunch Of Amateurs: The Tragedy Of Government And Administration In Australia.
Cumes J. W. C
ISBN: 0725105518
Sun Books Crows Nest 1988 First Edition
Paperback 206 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. This is the central thesis of this book, the story of how poorly Australian governments have performed this century, especially since 1945. Fine
Price: $9.21 (AUD)
Book Number: 019401 Bookseller: Marlowes Books
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A Cabinet Diary: A Personal Record Of The Keating Government.
Blewett Neal
ISBN: 1862544646
Wakefield Press Kent Town,SA. 1999 First Edition
Hard Cover 343 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout. This gives an intriguing view of legendary Labor figures in discussion and debate as they battle to forge policies they can sell to the public and pressure groups against those proposed by a resurgent Opposition.We see Keating, Beazley,Dawkins, Button, Howe, Willis, Richardson and colleagues in parliament,cabinet room,caucus,Canberra restaurants and the media as they thrash over issues and principles that are vital in the lives of Australians today. As New
Price: $22.52 (AUD)
Book Number: 022518 Bookseller: Marlowes Books
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A Certain Grandeur. Gough Whitlam in Politics
Freudenberg, Graham
ISBN: 0333230019
Macmillan Melbourne 1977 First Edition
8vo Hard Cover xiv,429pp, index. Gift inscription, paper sl. browning, else vg copy in vg dj. Very Good
Price: $18.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 30731 Bookseller: Global Village Books
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A CERTAIN GRANDEUR: Gough Whitlam in Politics
Freudenberg, Graham
ISBN: 0333230019
Macmillan South Melbourne 1977 First Edition
Octavo- over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Red Cloth 750 g; 429pp. Author was speech writer for the Australian Prime Minister. The book includes notes and sources, and index. The edges of the text block shows signs of foxing, the top edge of the front panel of the dust jacket has two 1.0 "tears, one on either side. Biographical -- Politics Good
Price: $20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0216375 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A Decade of Pickering
Pickering, Larry
ISBN: 0949876006
Sydney: Hel, 1980 Reprint
4to Soft Cover Paperback. Very Good. Reprint. Ten tumultuous years of australia's politics and ten hilarious years of leading cartoonist Larry Pickering. 352pp Very Good
Price: $14.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 21284 Bookseller: Global Village Books
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A Fatal Rivalry; Australia’s Defence At Risk
Evans, Air Marshal David
ISBN: 0732901464
Macmillan South Melbourne, Victoria 1990 First Edition
8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Blue Boards XVIII, 174pp., last 2 blank, abbreviations, list of illustrations, foreword by Major-General R.A. Grey, A.O., D.S.O., acknowledgements, sources and index. Grey coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with black white photographs, maps and illustrations. Blue coloured boards with gilt writing on spine. Shelf wear evident to the bottom edges of the book and browning to the paper edges. Some marks to the front panel. Photographic dustwrapper, showing the three armed forces caps along with a sword, with black background and yellow and white writing on the front panel and spine. Chipping to the corners of the dustwrapper, and there has been crinkling as well to both edges. Some marks noticeable on the verso. A former Australian chief of armed services gives a damning report on the state of Australian armed services. Digital image available upon request. Military History Average
Price: $18.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0101690 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A Fatal Rivalry; Australia’s Defence at Risk
Evans, David (Air Marshal)
ISBN: 0-7329-0146-4
Macmillan South Melbourne 1990 First Edition
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Blue Cloth XVIII, 172 pages, bibliography, index, text illustrated with maps, 16 pages of black-and-white photographs. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Minor rubbing to the edges of the dust jacket otherwise in very good order. The author runs a broadsheet analysis of Australia's capacity for defending itself,, and also observes inadequacies within each of the forces, and offers extremely valid commentary on the composition of Australian forces. He also reveals massive misdirection of taxpayers money and frightening deficiencies in Australia's capability to defend itself. Military -- Politics Very Good
Price: $16.50 (AUD)
Book Number: 0211326 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A Figure of Speech; A Political Memoir
Freudenberg, Graham
ISBN: 139781740311052
John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd Milton, Brisbane 2005 First Edition
8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Hard Cover 780 g.; X, 308 pages, last page blank, introduction by author, notes and sources, author's acknowledgements, publisher's acknowledgements and index. Illustrated endpapers, being a sketch of the author in green against a purple background. The text is illustrated with 16 pages of black-and-white photographs between pages 148 and a 149. Black coloured cloth boards with silver embossed titles to the front panel and backstrip. A little rubbing to the book corners. Black-and-white photograph of author, as a youngish man, with white, black and red titles to the front panel and purple, green and white titles to the backstrip. Little rubbing and creasing to the dustwrapper edges. Colour photograph of the author to the rear dustwrapper fold over panel. Graham Freudenberg, was for more than 40 years, was the premier speechwriter for the Labor Party. In this time he wrote many speeches, for example he wrote the speech that Arthur Calwell gave denouncing the war in Vietnam in 1965, the "It's Time" speech that Gough Whitlam gave in 1972 ending 23 years of Conservative government and Bob Carr's powerful defence of reconciliation in March 2000. These are his memoirs. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. Biography -- Politics Very Good
Price: $30.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0107881 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A Hard Row To Hoe
Stewart Alan
ISBN: 0868400912
NSW University Press Kensington 1988 First Edition
Hard Cover 208 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout. This book tells of Stewart's success as a Labour candidate for Manly from the Liberals(the first ever ) in 1978. As New
Price: $11.33 (AUD)
Book Number: 017811 Bookseller: Marlowes Books
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A LIBERAL NATION the Liberal Party & Australian Politics
Simms, Marian
Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1982
Trade Paperback. ISBN:0 86806 033 X. viii-224pp. gift inscription and owners name on half-title page.slighly rubbed and sunned on spine else good to very good. b&w illus.
Price: $14.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 8138 Bookseller: Global Village Books
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A Majority of One: Tom Aikens and Independent Politics in Townsville
Moles, Ian
ISBN: 0702212857
University of Queensland Press St Lucia, Brisbane 1979 First Edition
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hardcover 500 g; XVI, 260 pages, last two pages blank, three maps, appendices, chapter notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photography. Photographic illustrated dustwrapper. Minor rubbing of the edges of the dustwrapper, otherwise in very good condition. "This is not strictly speaking a work of biography, though it is at the same time plainly biographical. Indeed it could probably best be described as three biography is rolled into one, each information with, and inseparable from, the other two. They are of a politician, his hometown and his party. The politician is one of the most colourful and controversial figures ever to have stormed the hustings in Australia. "Renegade", "dingo", "rat", "mudslinger", "communist", "fascist": he was bombarded with every insult in the political vocabulary. No one however, ever called him a fool. -- from the introduction Biography -- Politics Good
Price: $16.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0217097 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A Man of the People; From Boilermaker to Governor-General, a Biography of Sir William McKell
Kelly, Vince
ISBN: 855530162
Alpha Books Sydney 1971 First Edition
8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Blue Boards XVI, 216 pp., acknowledgements, foreword by Edward Hallstrom, introduction by author, list of illustrations, appendix and index. Within the text there are black and white photographs documenting his governorship. Bright blue boards with gilt writing on spine. The corners lightly rubbed and the head and the heel of the spine are bumped. There are some dust marks to the top panel edges. The dustwrapper, of William McKell, with blue background and black writing on front panel and spine. The corners are rubbed as are the fold over edges. The two tears on top front panel, one 1/8" and the other 1/5", with associated creases. On the back panel there is again another tear of 1/5". The overall brightness of the dustwrapper is dulled,? Due to smoke. This is the story of Sir William McKell, who started life as a boilermaker then entered politics, first becoming Premier of New South Wales, and finally the Governor General of Australia. Biography Good
Price: $25.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0100726 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A Man of the People; from Boilermaker to Governor-General, a Biography of Sir William McKell
Kelly, Vince
ISBN: 855530162
Alpha Books Sydney 1971 First Edition
8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Blue Boards 600 g; XVI, 216 pp., acknowledgements, foreword by Edward Hallstrom, introduction by author, list of illustrations, appendix and index. Within the text there are black and white photographs documenting his governorship. Bright blue boards with gilt writing on spine. The corners lightly rubbed and the head and the heel of the spine are bumped. The dustwrapper has edgewear/chipping. The dustwrapper, has a photograph of William McKell, with blue background and black writing on front panel and spine. This is the story of Sir William McKell, who started life as a boilermaker then entered politics, first becoming Premier of New South Wales, and finally the Governor General of Australia. Biography Very Good
Price: $22.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0203789 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A Man of the People; From Boilermaker to Governor-General, a Biography of Sir William McKell
Kelly, Vince
ISBN: 855530162
Alpha Books Sydney 1971 First Edition
8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Blue Boards 600 g; XVI, 216 pp., acknowledgements, foreword by Edward Hallstrom, introduction by author, list of illustrations, appendix and index. Within the text there are black and white photographs documenting his governorship. Bright blue boards with gilt writing on spine. The dustwrapper, illustrated with a colour photograph of William McKell, with blue background and black writing on front panel and spine. The dustwrapper is rubbed at the corners of the fold overs and of the spine, and has abrasion mark with minor loss of colour on the other right-hand part of the front panel from a price sticker removal. Otherwise in very good condition. This is the story of Sir William McKell, who started life as a boilermaker then entered politics, first becoming Premier of New South Wales, and finally the Governor General of Australia. A digital image of the book can be provided to help assess condition. Biography Very Good
Price: $23.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0224584 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A Memoir
Santamaria B.A.
ISBN: 0195540522
Oxford University Press, 1997 reprint
328pp b/w photos paperback in very good condition, wraps a little worn on edges
Price: $35.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 64001 Bookseller: Fine Print Books
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